{"id":320758,"date":"2021-08-10T21:11:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ai-analysis-of-prison-phone-calls-may-amplify-racially-biased-policing\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:11:43","slug":"ai-analysis-of-prison-phone-calls-may-amplify-racially-biased-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-analysis-of-prison-phone-calls-may-amplify-racially-biased-policing\/","title":{"rendered":"#AI analysis of prison phone calls may amplify racially-biased policing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41255334a7f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41255334a7f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-analysis-of-prison-phone-calls-may-amplify-racially-biased-policing\/#AI_biases\" >AI biases<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#AI analysis of prison phone calls may amplify racially-biased policing<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F08%2FUntitled-design-3-2.jpg&amp;signature=f36958c314f3a26da9330efedc669af3\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Prisoners across the US could soon be subjected to a high-risk <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication of automated surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>A congressional committee is pressing the Department of Justice to explore the federal use of AI to analyze inmate\u2019s phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>The panel has called for further research into the tech\u2019s potential to prevent suicide and violent crime, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-tech-prison-idUSKBN2FA0OO\">Reuters reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The system transcribes phone conversations, analyzes the tone of voice, and detects certain words or phrases that are pre-programmed by officials.<\/p>\n<p><span>Bill Partridge, a police chief in Alabama, where the system is already used, said officers have solved cold case homicides after the AI flagged prisoners discussing the crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Proponents argue that the tech can protect inmates and help police investigations, but critics have expressed alarm about the plans.<\/p>\n<p>They fear that using to interpret conversations will lead to life-changing mistakes, misunderstanding, and racial biases.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI_biases\"><\/span>AI biases<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Speech recognition software is notorious for misinterpreting Black speakers.<\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/117\/14\/7684\">2020 Stanford University study<\/a> found that speech-to-text systems used by Amazon, Google, Apple, IBM, and Microsoft had\u00a0error rates that were almost twice as high for Black people as they were for white ones.<\/p>\n<p>These disparities could reinforce racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Research shows that\u00a0<span>Black men in the US are six times as likely to be incarcerated as white men<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director of the Surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Oversight Project, told Reuters that the tech could \u201cautomate racial profiling\u201d and violate privacy rights:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>This Congress should be outlawing racist policing tech \u2014 it shouldn\u2019t be funding it.\u00a0<\/span>People who have been caught up in the criminal justice system are always turned into the subjects of experimentation for new technology systems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prisons aren\u2019t exactly designed to protect the privacy of inmates, but the AI system is a worrying addition to the surveillance regime.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings Humanoids! 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